Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 61.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Grand Bay Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• The principal, nominal sedimentary units of the mid-Tertiary succession of Carriacou are the Belmont Formation (lower Miocene), Kendeace Formation (lower Miocene), Carriacou Formation (middle Miocene) and Grand Bay Formation (middle Miocene). The collection originates from sandy facies of the Grand Bay Fm. Jung (1971) assigns this a Middle Miocene age based on faunal affinities with other circum-Caribbean units. Collection #11710 orriginates from a graded unit which as a maximum thickness of 1.5 m and includes components of volcanic origin.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, volcaniclastic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
• Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland.
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58667: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
? Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Caryophyllia cf. antillarum stony coral
Stephanocyathus sp. Seguenza 1864 stony coral
Deltocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Flabellum "sp. 2" Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum ex gr. pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp., "Dentalium cf. uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
"Dentalium cf. uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum Olsson 1922 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial Subspecies A. (A.) nobilis karsteni
| |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
? Calliostoma tarltonense Jung 1971 top snail | |
? Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail | |
? Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Scalina cf. kendacensis Jung 1971 wentletrap | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Polinices prolaceteus moon snail
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre
Conomitra lehneri Jung 1971 ribbed mitre
"? Pusia sp." = Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre | |
Oliva (? Strephonella) delata Jung 1971 olive snail
? Jaspidella balba Jung 1971 olive snail | |
? Metaphos "sp. A" Olsson 1964 true whelk
? Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Cymatophos glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk
Colubraria sp. Schumacher 1817 true whelk | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Mitratoma insularum Jung 1971 snail | |
Morum (Cancellomorum) coxi Trechmanni 1935 snail | |
Enaeta sp., "Enaeta trechmanni" = Lyria (Enaeta) trechmanni
Enaeta sp. Adams and Adams 1853 volute
"Enaeta trechmanni" = Lyria (Enaeta) trechmanni Jung 1971 volute | |
Pterynotus sp. Swainson 1833 mustached bat | |
Mitra "sp. A" Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
Mitra limata Jung 1971 mitre shell
? Scabricola sp. Swainson 1840 mitre shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus aff. talis Jung 1965 cone shell
Conus cf. imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus cf. consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Aforia aff. ecuadoriana Olsson 1964 aforia | |
Glyphostoma sp. Gabb 1872 snail | |
"Crassispira cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
"Crassispira cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850 snail
Paraborsonia laeta Jung 1971 snail | |
Polystira opulenta Jung 1971 turrid | |
Terebra (Myurellina) insulae Jung 1971 auger snail
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Ficus cf. carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
Trivia islahispaniolae Maury 1917 snail | |
Cypraecassis sp., "Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans" = Echinophoria famulans
Cypraecassis sp. Stuchburry 1837 snail
"Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans" = Echinophoria famulans Jung 1971 snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Crassispira sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
? Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
? Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Meiocardia cf. agassizi Dall 1886 clam | |
? Xylophaga sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum Jung 1971 scallop | |
Caritoma antillarum | |
Caritoma antillarum Jung 1971 |